Abstract
The generic bifurcations of breathers in the damped and driven sine-Gordon equation are investigated both numerically and analytically. The linear stability analysis and information from periodic spectral theory suggest that three modes are relevant for the system. They correspond to frequency and (temporal) phase changes and to the flat pendulum. Using these modes (nonautonomous) amplitude equations are derived and compared with numerical simulations of the perturbed sine-Gordon equation.
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